Matria
Matria

Turkey Premiere

DCP / Renkli Color / 99’

Galician with Turkish and English subtitles

Spain, 2023

Director
Álvaro Gago

Cast
María Vazquezi, Santi Prego, Soraya Luaces, E.R. Cunha “Tatán”, Susana Sampedro

Awards

2023 Malaga Film Festival, Best Actress, Best First Film

2023 Seattle International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize

The film, which won awards at the Malaga and Athens Film Festivals, immerses the audience in the challenges faced by a woman as she endeavors to raise a child on her own.

Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daugh- ter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.